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September 4, 2019

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World’s Safest Cities Ranking, 2019

For the 3rd year, the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi has been ranked the safest city in the world, according to the statistical analysis (2019) by the CEOWORLD magazine, with Doha (Qatar) close behind in 2nd place.

The remaining eight safest cities in the world were Quebec City, Taipei, Munich, Dubai, Zurich, Bern, Eskisehir, and Hong Kong, in that order. The safety index ranked 334 cities. The crime index or score is an estimation of the overall level of crime in a given city.

The No. 11 to 15 cities are Basel, Rijeka, Tokyo, Tartu, and Canberra.

At 5th, Munich was ranked as the safest city in Europe, Zurich (7th), Bern (8th), Basel (11th), Rijeka (12th), Tartu (14th), Cluj-Napoca (16th), Tbilisi (17th), Trondheim (19th), Reykjavik (19th), and and Zagreb (20th).

The bottom five were Caracas, the Venezuelan capital (334th); Pietermaritzburg in South Africa; Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby; South Africa’s capital Pretoria; Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.

Rank	City	Country	Score
1	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	89.08
2	Doha	Qatar	88.43
3	Quebec City	Canada	85.19
4	Taipei	Taiwan	85.08
5	Munich	Germany	83.37
6	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	83.31
7	Zurich	Switzerland	83.24
8	Bern	Switzerland	83.02
9	Eskisehir	Turkey	82.11
10	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	82
11	Basel	Switzerland	81.7
12	Rijeka	Croatia	80.96
13	Tokyo	Japan	80.94
14	Tartu	Estonia	80.46
15	Canberra	Australia	80.22
16	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	79.97
17	Tbilisi	Georgia	79.19
18	Trondheim	Norway	79.05
19	Reykjavik	Iceland	78.77
20	Zagreb	Croatia	78.61
21	Merida	Mexico	78.24
22	Yerevan	Armenia	78.18
23	Tallinn	Estonia	78.15
24	Chiang Mai	Thailand	78.09
25	Ljubljana	Slovenia	78.02
26	Brasov	Romania	77.97
27	Helsinki	Finland	77.79
28	Osaka	Japan	77.53
29	Copenhagen	Denmark	77.42
30	Muscat	Oman	77.3
31	Vienna	Austria	76.72
32	Bursa	Turkey	76.42
33	Stavanger	Norway	76.36
34	Minsk	Belarus	75.71
35	Aalborg	Denmark	75.56
36	Timisoara	Romania	75.36
37	Ottawa	Canada	75.31
38	Gent	Belgium	75.21
39	Dusseldorf	Germany	75.2
40	Malaga	Spain	74.93
41	Prague	Czech Republic	74.84
42	Manama	Bahrain	74.61
43	Mangalore	India	74.39
44	Valencia	Spain	74.3
45	Waterloo	Canada	73.87
46	The Hague	Netherlands	73.77
47	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	73.76
48	Eindhoven	Netherlands	73.53
49	Izmir	Turkey	73.49
50	Brno	Czech Republic	73.3
51	Iasi	Romania	73.03
52	Oulu	Finland	72.78
53	Salt Lake City	United States	72.74
54	Davao	Philippines	72.58
55	Bergen	Norway	72.54
56	Bucharest	Romania	72.32
57	Stuttgart	Germany	72.11
58	Geneva	Switzerland	72.1
59	Warsaw	Poland	71.77
60	Tel Aviv-Yafo	Israel	71.69

61	Madison	United States	71.64
62	Singapore	Singapore	71.64
63	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	71.56
64	Lisbon	Portugal	71.48
65	Vilnius	Lithuania	71.35
66	Vadodara	India	71.28
67	Nicosia	Cyprus	71.27
68	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	71.13
69	Seoul	South Korea	71.1
70	Thiruvananthapuram	India	71.01
71	Galway	Ireland	71
72	Kochi	India	70.72
73	Islamabad	Pakistan	70.7
74	Victoria	Canada	70.42
75	Bratislava	Slovakia	70.33
76	Wellington	New Zealand	70.3
77	Lausanne	Switzerland	70.25
78	Haifa	Israel	70.09
79	Montreal	Canada	69.76
80	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	69.57
81	Madrid	Spain	69.5
82	Baku	Azerbaijan	69.07
83	Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	68.8
84	Cork	Ireland	68.78
85	Krakow (Cracow)	Poland	68.77
86	Adelaide	Australia	68.42
87	Split	Croatia	68.33
88	Raleigh	United States	68.24
89	Calgary	Canada	67.91
90	Limassol	Cyprus	67.49
91	Brighton	United Kingdom	67.11
92	Ahmedabad	India	66.89
93	Amsterdam	Netherlands	66.84
94	Wroclaw	Poland	66.53
95	Boston	United States	66.26
96	Hobart	Australia	66.24
97	Poznan	Poland	65.99
98	Navi Mumbai	India	65.93
99	Brisbane	Australia	65.92
100	Antwerp	Belgium	65.91
101	Incheon	South Korea	65.84
102	Lund	Sweden	65.67
103	Kuwait City	Kuwait	65.56
104	Banja Luka	Bosnia And Herzegovina	65.39
105	Coimbatore	India	65.35
106	Jeddah (Jiddah)	Saudi Arabia	65.29
107	Nuremberg	Germany	65.11
108	Surat	India	64.93
109	Gdansk	Poland	64.9
110	Kathmandu	Nepal	64.86
111	Austin	United States	64.85
112	Hyderabad	India	64.84
113	Cardiff	United Kingdom	64.5
114	Riverside	United States	64.48
115	Queretaro	Mexico	64.31
116	Vancouver	Canada	64.21
117	Boise	United States	64.03
118	Sydney	Australia	63.9
119	Ad Dammam	Saudi Arabia	63.74
120	Thessaloniki	Greece	63.64

121	Rotterdam	Netherlands	63.54
122	San Diego	United States	63.34
123	Toronto	Canada	63.31
124	Budapest	Hungary	63.25
125	Pune	India	63.15
126	Belgrade	Serbia	63
127	Jerusalem	Israel	62.55
128	Riga	Latvia	61.99
129	Oslo	Norway	61.87
130	Lahore	Pakistan	61.52
131	Colombo	Sri Lanka	61.2
132	Alexandria	Egypt	61.1
133	Christchurch	New Zealand	60.99
134	Katowice	Poland	60.88
135	Porto	Portugal	60.75
136	Kitchener	Canada	60.7
137	Saint Petersburg	Russia	60.62
138	Kaunas	Lithuania	60.58
139	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	60.32
140	Chandigarh	India	60.29
141	Bristol	United Kingdom	59.92
142	Ankara	Turkey	59.72
143	Berlin	Germany	59.7
144	Chennai	India	59.61
145	Tirana	Albania	59.52
146	Makati	Philippines	59.48
147	Amman	Jordan	59.34
148	Sheffield	United Kingdom	59.34
149	Moscow	Russia	59.31
150	Frankfurt	Germany	59.23
151	Shanghai	China	59.13
152	Lviv	Ukraine	58.99
153	Hanoi	Vietnam	58.92
154	Penang	Malaysia	58.66
155	Bangkok	Thailand	58.61
156	Nanaimo	Canada	58.55
157	Mumbai	India	58.37
158	Columbus	United States	58.35
159	Denver	United States	58.31
160	Barcelona	Spain	58.02
161	Halifax	Canada	57.85
162	Beijing	China	57.69
163	Edmonton	Canada	57.55
164	Gold Coast	Australia	57.49
165	Los Angeles	United States	57.46
166	Mississauga	Canada	57.4
167	San Jose	United States	57.37
168	Cologne	Germany	57.22
169	Sofia	Bulgaria	57.17
170	Shenzhen	China	57.09
171	Richmond	United States	57.06
172	Honolulu	United States	56.89
173	Leeds	United Kingdom	56.77
174	Charlotte	United States	56.64
175	Milan	Italy	56.63
176	Tunis	Tunisia	56.62
177	Lyon	France	56.58
178	Belfast	United Kingdom	56.38
179	Perth	Australia	56.36
180	Iloilo	Philippines	56.27

181	Toulouse	France	56.26
182	New York	United States	56.12
183	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	56.11
184	Nottingham	United Kingdom	55.99
185	Liverpool	United Kingdom	55.96
186	Novi Sad	Serbia	55.88
187	Lodz	Poland	55.86
188	Panama City	Panama	55.8
189	Beirut	Lebanon	55.65
190	Bologna	Italy	55.64
191	Gothenburg	Sweden	55.59
192	Stockholm	Sweden	55.5
193	Melbourne	Australia	55.31
194	Chisinau	Moldova	55.3
195	Skopje	Macedonia	54.73
196	Glasgow	United Kingdom	54.41
197	Bangalore	India	54.32
198	London	Canada	54.18
199	Auckland	New Zealand	54.13
200	Seattle	United States	54.02
201	Kristiansand	Norway	53.81
202	San Antonio	United States	53.32
203	Kharkiv	Ukraine	53.23
204	Yekaterinburg	Russia	53.21
205	Medellin	Colombia	53.15
206	Kiev	Ukraine	52.77
207	Guangzhou	China	52.57
208	Novosibirsk	Russia	52.45
209	Portland	United States	52.33
210	Istanbul	Turkey	52.27
211	Hamburg	Germany	52.12
212	Bali	Indonesia	52.08
213	Athens	Greece	51.81
214	Kelowna	Canada	51.78
215	Saskatoon	Canada	51.63
216	Kolkata	India	51.46
217	Cincinnati	United States	51.18
218	Dallas	United States	50.86
219	Brussels	Belgium	50.52
220	Minneapolis	United States	50.41
221	Hamilton	Canada	50.4
222	Cebu	Philippines	50.34
223	Dublin	Ireland	50.18
224	Tampa	United States	50.01
225	Limerick	Ireland	49.85
226	San Francisco	United States	49.48
227	Sacramento	United States	49.23
228	Santiago	Chile	49.22
229	Sarajevo	Bosnia And Herzegovina	49.15
230	Monterrey	Mexico	48.76
231	Cairo	Egypt	48.75
232	Paris	France	48.6
233	Louisville	United States	48.54
234	Miami	United States	48.51
235	Tucson	United States	47.98
236	London	United Kingdom	47.76
237	Rome	Italy	47.58
238	Malmo	Sweden	47.51
239	Phoenix	United States	46.78
240	Orlando	United States	46.64

241	Pattaya	Thailand	46.63
242	Jakarta	Indonesia	46.47
243	Quito	Ecuador	46.42
244	Harare	Zimbabwe	46.26
245	Naples	Italy	46.21
246	Tehran	Iran	46.16
247	Odessa	Ukraine	46
248	Las Vegas	United States	45.42
249	Manchester	United Kingdom	45.19
250	Turin	Italy	45.18
251	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	45.06
252	Florianopolis	Brazil	44.69
253	Casablanca	Morocco	44.67
254	Brampton	Canada	44.45
255	San Jose	Costa Rica	44.36
256	Regina	Canada	44.34
257	Winnipeg	Canada	44.06
258	Montevideo	Uruguay	43.99
259	Karachi	Pakistan	43.97
260	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	43.89
261	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	43.49
262	Marseille	France	43.45
263	Washington	United States	43.27
264	Algiers	Algeria	43.13
265	Jacksonville	United States	42.33
266	Indianapolis	United States	42.14
267	Birmingham	United Kingdom	42.13
268	Delhi	India	41.23
269	Gurgaon	India	41.15
270	Kansas City	United States	41.08
271	Guadalajara	Mexico	40.77
272	Johor Bahru	Malaysia	40.76
273	Guatemala City	Guatemala	39.72
274	Philadelphia	United States	39.55
275	Darwin	Australia	39.52
276	Anchorage	United States	39.51
277	Drogheda	Ireland	39.47
278	Tijuana	Mexico	39.2
279	Nairobi	Kenya	39
280	Bogota	Colombia	38.9
281	Quezon City	Philippines	38.81
282	Petaling Jaya	Malaysia	38.46
283	Catania	Italy	38.3
284	Townsville	Australia	38.24
285	Brasilia	Brazil	38.09
286	Surrey	Canada	37.67
287	Houston	United States	37.24
288	Tripoli	Libya	37.2
289	Atlanta	United States	37.14
290	Noida	India	37.1
291	Buenos Aires	Argentina	36.8
292	Curitiba	Brazil	36.56
293	Baghdad	Iraq	36.08
294	Chicago	United States	35.88
295	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	35.36
296	New Orleans	United States	35.32
297	Manila	Philippines	35.13
298	Lagos	Nigeria	34.82
299	Oakland	United States	34.79
300	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	34.42

301	Milwaukee	United States	33.89
302	Damascus	Syria	33.87
303	Dhaka	Bangladesh	33.84
304	Male	Maldives	33.79
305	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	33.23
306	Kingston	Jamaica	33.05
307	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	32.83
308	Campinas	Brazil	32.6
309	Mexico City	Mexico	32.29
310	Lima	Peru	32.24
311	Saint Louis	MO	32.11
312	San Juan	Puerto Rico	30.94
313	Almaty	Kazakhstan	29.7
314	Windhoek	Namibia	29.35
315	Sao Paulo	Brazil	28.88
316	Cape Town	South Africa	28.84
317	Albuquerque	United States	28.82
318	Baltimore	United States	28.03
319	Detroit	United States	27.92
320	San Salvador	El Salvador	27.27
321	Port Elizabeth	South Africa	25.14
322	Port of Spain	Trinidad And Tobago	24.15
323	Recife	Brazil	23.54
324	Porto Alegre	Brazil	22.6
325	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	22.25
326	Salvador	Brazil	22.1
327	Fortaleza	Brazil	20.59
328	Johannesburg	South Africa	19.6
329	Durban	South Africa	19.27
330	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	18.83
331	Pretoria	South Africa	18.82
332	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	18.79
333	Pietermaritzburg	South Africa	16.97
334	Caracas	Venezuela	14.8